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Health and Safety Management

OHSAS 18001

OHSAS 18001:2007 is one of the International Standards for Occupational Health and Safety.

What is OHSAS 18001?

Please note: OHSAS 18001 has been replaced by ISO 45001:2018 and you can no longer apply for OHSAS 18001 certification.

What is OHSAS 18001? 

OHSAS 18001 was one of the International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. It provided a framework for the effective management of OH&S including all aspects of risk management and legal compliance, and it addressed occupational health and safety rather than any specific product safety matters.

You can download our handy Gap Analysis document which gives a clause-by-clause comparison of OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001.

Migrating to ISO 45001:2018

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ISO 45001 — The Fundamentals

ISO 45001:2018 is the replacement to OHSAS 18001 and is the international ISO standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS).

Not only has the standard superseded OHSAS 18001, it makes integration with other management systems simpler than ever before; because it shares the common structure defined by Annex SL, it is directly aligned with the 2015 versions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. 

You can find more information about this standard and the differences to OHSAS 18001 in the NQA ISO 45001 Gap Guide below. Please note: Existing NQA OHSAS 18001 clients can get migration support and can download the gap analysis document that must be completed prior to a migration audit.

Benefits of Health & Safety Certification

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Reduced operating costs

Less down-time due to incidents and ill health and lower costs from legal fees and compensation means money saved.

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Improved stakeholder relationships

Make the health and property of staff, customers and suppliers more of a priority and people will respond.

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Legal compliance

Understand how statutory and regulatory requirements impact your organization and its customers.

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Improved risk management

Identify potential incidents and implement controls and measures to keep risk as low as possible, protecting employees and customers from harm.

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Proven business credentials

Independent verification against a globally recognized industry standard speaks volumes.

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Customer satisfaction and safety

Meet customer requirements consistently whilst safeguarding their health and property.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Implementation of a structured management system can aid demonstration of CSR and organizational culture.

Steps to Certification

  1. Step 1

    Complete a Quote Request Form so that we can understand your company and requirements. You can do this by completing either the online quick quote or the online formal quote request form. We will use this information to accurately define your scope of assessment and provide you with a proposal for certification.

  2. Step 2

    Once you’ve agreed your proposal, we will contact you to book your assessment with an NQA Assessor. This assessment consists of two mandatory visits that form the Initial Certification Audit. Please note that you must be able to demonstrate that your management system has been fully operational for a minimum of three months and has been subject to a management review and full cycle of internal audits.

  3. Step 3

    Following a successful two stage audit, a certification decision is made and if positive, then certification to the required standard is issued by NQA. You will receive both a hard and soft copy of the certificate. Certification is valid for three years and is maintained through a programme of annual surveillance audits and a three yearly recertification audit.

See more details

H&S Toolkit

ISO 45001 FAQs

ISO 45001 Migration Timeline

ISO 45001:2018 Migration Video

ISO 45001 Gap Guide

ISO 45001 Implementation Guide

Download Certification Logos

Annex SL Comparison Tool

Gap Analysis

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